In other small business news I just collected an invoice 3+ months past due that I had to contact the recipient about TWELVE TIMES

The entire episode was under 10 seconds. I don't think I've ever laughed out loud during communion but i wasn't the only one

I don't want david to be deceased but God forbid, you would have my full support

Walking around this sierra trading post with such authority that someone asked me if I worked there and when I said no, sorry, the woman goes "but you have keys"

Bring back chatelaines

To this list I humbly append my own type invention of
-meaningful necklaces

(It's sort of a sub-type of fancy man, but they're also usually outdoorsy, deeply NOT hoo-de-do)

Yes life is up and down and yes the darkness has barely started and yes I'm about to hit a bunch of bad one-year anniversaries but STILL this is progress

Still had a good time learning to put in waterbars. Was tamping gravel the way you're supposed to (hard) and not one but two of the guys asked me who had made me angry 💀